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S-Lit&Form/NationState19thCent

Semester:

Spring

Year:

2013

Subject Name:

Comparative Literature

Course Number:

691NS

Institution:

UMass Amherst

This course examines the formative role literature played in the process of nation-building in the Americas during the 19th century with particular emphasis on Argentina, Peru and the United States. Authors include-- but are not limited to-- James Fenimore Cooper, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ricardo Palma, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Esteban Echeverria. After a brief introduction to methodology and theory and a careful historical contextualization of each writer we will analyze the texts focusing on topics such as gender and romance, race and miscegenation, the past, and space/nature/frontier.

Instructor Permission:

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.